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Breaking Babe Ruth : baseball's campaign against its biggest star /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wehrle, Edmund F., 1964- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri, [2018]
Series:Sports and American culture series.
Subjects:
Ruth, Babe, > 1895-1948.
Major League Baseball (Organization) > History > 20th century.
Baseball > United States > History > 20th century.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Baseball's search for order
  • Frenzy!
  • Challenge to authority, part I
  • "A remarkable change in the king of swat": comeback I
  • Challenge to authority part II
  • "It was just a matter of physical condition": comeback II
  • Triumph
  • "Fair enough in times like these"
  • Removing Ruth
  • "A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave".